shafnutz05 wrote:I mean, let's face it, that is an enormous disadvantage. Flying to and from NY on the day of the game? They won't even have a place to nap or anything prior to kickoff. Hope they eat their Wheaties

At the very least, they should move the game to Sunday Night. Air it against Sunday Night football? Air it against Monday night football? Just don't make them play at 4.

Because it mitigates the disadvantage if the team can leave at 10 am, get situated, rest at the stadium, then get ready to play at night instead of leaving earlier in the morning and rushing to play at 4.

So it seems the original tweet has undersold the story a bit. The hotel the Steelers originally booked doesn't have power. No other hotels in the area are close enough or have enough vacant rooms. In addition, the team doesn't want to be disruptive in an area that's going through a tough time. An hour flight and a 15ish minute ride to the stadium isn't too bad.

Just throwing it out there. Not saying they should do it at all. I'd understand that it takes a home game away from the Giants, but as I recall, they took away all of New Orleans' home games after Katrina (which I also realize is a completely different scenario, but bear with me).

Just trying to think of something that would make the burden of traveling on gameday easier.

if you were talking to me, i was just trying to gauge how much people think home field advantage is really worth if it came to a situation where you got to play at home instead of away. vegas gives 3 in general right?

The problem with making it a Steelers home game is ticket sales. You screw the Giants fans out of the tickets they bought. If you move it to a neutral site close to NYC, you're theoretically still having a home game away from home.

LeopardLetang wrote:if you were talking to me, i was just trying to gauge how much people think home field advantage is really worth if it came to a situation where you got to play at home instead of away. vegas gives 3 in general right?

No I was talking to MRandall when he said move it to a neutral site. Wasnt sure if he was saying thats what they should do, or just spitballin ideas

There's just as much, if not more, of an uprooting by the giants people who have and will be without power this week. The flight will be about an hr and it won't be an issue at all. If they lose the game, it won't e because of a game day flight

canaan wrote:There's just as much, if not more, of an uprooting by the giants people who have and will be without power this week. The flight will be about an hr and it won't be an issue at all. If they lose the game, it won't e because of a game day flight

This is the way I feel as well. I don't see this as some big deal. The Giants are probably going through more issues actually being in NY this whole week.